News coverage has hinted at further stories about the child welfare system underlying the death of Hannah Grace Dowdie, the 23-month-old whose burned body was found with that of her father Michael Palmer earlier this month in a pickup truck near Sweet Home in rural Pulaski County.

This is old news to readers here, but I thought this recent web posting illustrates the problem Mike Huckabee faces in the future in spinning his clemency decision in the case of apparent cop killer Maurice Clemmons.

This is old news to readers here, but I thought this recent web posting illustrates the problem Mike Huckabee faces in the future in spinning his clemency decision in the case of apparent cop killer Maurice Clemmons.

The Arkansas Leader is having none of the "fake piety" -- and hypocrisy -- with which the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorialists and other Republican symps are blasting U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln for not bringing home more pork for Arkansas, a la Ben Nelson, even as they castigate the pork barreling.

The Los Angeles Times reports on the sagging casino economy in Tunica, Miss., a sag due in part to increasing national competition.

Sen. Jason Rapert has announced on Facebook his plans to file this week a so-called trigger law — like those passed in four other states — that would make abortion illegal in Arkansas immediately if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Polling suggests the majority would oppose it.

The annual abortion protest marches were held around the country Sunday and, as usual, press accounts duly quoted the misinformation repeated there. From the coverage of the Arkansas march, this stood out:

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has made several public appearances today as part of the observance of King Day and his remarks have included lauding the state's 2017 action (and his own) in ending the dual observance of King's birthday with that of a man who fought to preserve slavery, Robert E. Lee. I have one brief observation on his remarks: